Torrent Fire Engine Co. No. 5 v. City of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. W. H. Tayloe. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, the Torrent Fire Engine Company, Number 5, against the appellee, the city of Mobile; and sought to have the title of the complainant to a certain lot in the city of Mobile established, and the title of the city of Mobile, as it appears on the records, divested out of said city, and removed as a cloud on complainant’s title.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. W. H. Tayloe. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, the Torrent Fire Engine Company, Number 5, against the appellee, the city of Mobile; and sought to have the title of the complainant to a certain lot in the city of Mobile established, and the title of the city of Mobile, as it appears on the records, divested out of said city, and removed as a cloud on complainant’s title. The bill alleged, in substance, that 'the complainant was a fire extinguishing corporation, and that as said corporation owned a fire engine and…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The bill in this case is filed in a double aspect: First, on the theory, and on allegations to support it, that the city of Mobile conveyed to complainant the lot of land referred to in the bill, and that the deed conveying the same was not recorded, but was, after the same had been duly executed and delivered, in some manner unknown to complainant, lost or destroyed; and on this aspect of the case, complainant seeks relief on the ground, that the recorded deed of the city from *562its grantor, executed in the year 1849, is a cloud on complainant's title, which interferes with its making sale of…
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